60th Troop Carrier Group
GroupIWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Although with the Twelfth Air Force, the Group flew its C-47 Skytrains from St. Eval and Predannack airfields in Cornwall, England for its first mission: dropping paratroops into Oran, Algeria, in the early hours of Operation Torch, which began on 8 November 1942. The Group dropped paratroops into behind the lines during the Allied ground invasions of Tunisia, Sicily and Greece. The Group also dropped military supplies to partisan forces in the Balkans.
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Unit stations
Station | Location | Date |
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Based |
Chelveston | 12 June 1942 - 7 August 1942 |
Based |
Aldermaston | 7 August 1942 |
Other Assigned 12th Air Force |
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Other Assigned Air Transport Command |
Encompassing
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 60th Troop Carrier Group 10th Troop Carrier Squadron
- Service Numbers: 7954
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 12th Replacement Control Depot No 1 Combat Crew Replacement Center VIII Reconnaissance Wing 25th Bomb Group 328th Service Group 60th Troop Carrier Group No 6 Combat Crew Replacement Center 802nd Reconnaissance Group (SP) 11th Troop Carrier Squadron 653rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-790106
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Navigator
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The Mighty Eighth. A History of the Units, Men and Machines of the US 8th Air Force.' by Roger A. Freeman (1989). 'Air Force Combat Units of World War II' compiled by the Department of the US Air Force, edited by Maurice Maurer (1983).